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Singer Kozue Chinen posts kunkunshi of her song ‘Imenshori Iijima’
In a very cool move, Okinawa minyou singer Kozue Chinen posted kunkunshi (musical notation) of her composition “Imenshori Iijima” on her blog along with the lyrics which are a tribute to her hometown. “Imenshori” means welcome in Iijima (Iejima) dialect and she also links to a YouTube clip of her performing the song.
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Film: J-pop singer Beni Arashiro to make her big screen debut in 2008
With an upcoming single called “BIG BANG” picked as the theme song for TBS’ live American Football broadcast in March of next year, J-pop singer Beni Arashiro will be making her big screen debut in the movie “Bura Bura Ban Ban” based on a manga of the same name. The movie is set to begin…
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Film: Garage Sale’s Gori to star in upcoming Kiriya film
Gori (or Gorie) of the comedic duo Garage Sale has been cast in director Katsuaki Kiriya’s (“Casshern”) upcoming film “Goemon.” The film, about a legendary 16th century ninja named Goemon Ishikawa, is set to be released in 2009. Gori will be playing the role of ninja Sasuke Sarutobi. (Via Twitch.)
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Kanako Horiuchi in Hawaii
Kanako Horiuchi Originally uploaded by uzagaku Singer Kanako “Kaanaa” Horiuchi (who is part of Misako Oshiro’s group of entertainers at her Shimaumui minyou live house) at Sushi-Ten at the Waikele Golf Clubhouse.
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Sign onegaishimasu!
Sadao China Sensei Originally uploaded by uzagaku Sadao China-sensei autographs my copy of his latest album, “Utamaai” (iTunes Store link), which he calls one of his best recordings. He was in town along with utasaa greats Misako Oshiro, Seibun Tokuhara and Takeshi Yamauchi.
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Blogs worth subscribing to from Vision Factory’s artists
Vision Factory, which manages artists like J-hip-pop queen Namie Amuro, has a listing of blogs (Namie is unfortunately not on the list) up on their site. The great thing is that a few of these blogs contain video clips (so they’re closer to vlogs). Below are a few of my faves: hiro (ex-SPEED) – ‘Constanze…
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Shopping: CDJapan has Coco d’Or 2 CD on clearance sale
CDJapan has a clearance sale just in time for X-mas shopping and you’ll find the second album from hiro’s (ex-SPEED) Coco d’Or project on sale at 40% off of its regular ¥3,800 price! The 2006-released clearance sale item is bundled with a bonus DVD (AVCD-16102) containing two music videos.
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Video: Nada Sou Sou around the world
In Japanese: Rimi Natsukawa’s hit version In Hawaiian: Kealiʻi Reichel’s beautiful “Ka Nohona Pili Kai” (iTunes Store link) In English: Hayley Westerna (available as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of the singer’s album “Treasure”)
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Desktop: Yu Yamada and Canon’s Enjoy Photo just in time for the holidays
This may be the final desktop we’ll see from Canon’s Enjoy Photo Special site as it’s almost the end of the year and we should really be thankful to the company for bringing beauty to our Mac/PC desktops. Enjoy photo! 😉 (Via 壁紙fan!)
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On Gakky’s 20th birthday – karii (cheers)!
A recent entry titled “Ichio” (いちお) on Yui Aragaki’s (Gakky) blog mentions that the actress will turn ’20’ (the legal drinking age in Japan) in seven months (June 11th to be exact) and she already has a special Ryukyu glass (pictured above and comes via her blog) that she wants to drink awamori from. Oh,…
Karakui 